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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 423178" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>I dunno why Marg didn't answer this one but, as a chemist, I'm interested in ways these poisons work (so we don't get killed ourselves!)</p><p></p><p>According to Decon's own website the active ingredient is Brodifacoum, one of the anti-coagulants. It also used in other brands such as Talon and Havoc.</p><p>This is a class of chemical that causes death internal haemorrhages. If you know anyone on Warfarin therapy imagine what would happen if they took a ten fold dose. Brodifacoum is NOT Warfarin but behaves the same way. </p><p></p><p>ANYTHING with blood that eats it will get a dose. Whether it is a fatal dose will be determined by health, body mass, etc. An animal that eats a fatal dose will feel very unwell before it dies and normal behaviour is to to crawl away somewhere secluded to recover. Rats, mice etc tend to hide in isolated places, die and the first you know of it is when the body starts to smell.</p><p></p><p>If pets (like your cat) eat animals poisoned by Brodifacoum they might get enough to make them sick as well. The poisoned corpse would have a low dose so your cat would need to eat multiple cadavers to get ill enough to worry you. The poison is cumulative in fat tissue and can build up over time with chronic exposure. </p><p></p><p>If you DO use these type of baits just make sure you are scrupulous tracking down the corpses.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 423178, member: 4085"] I dunno why Marg didn't answer this one but, as a chemist, I'm interested in ways these poisons work (so we don't get killed ourselves!) According to Decon's own website the active ingredient is Brodifacoum, one of the anti-coagulants. It also used in other brands such as Talon and Havoc. This is a class of chemical that causes death internal haemorrhages. If you know anyone on Warfarin therapy imagine what would happen if they took a ten fold dose. Brodifacoum is NOT Warfarin but behaves the same way. ANYTHING with blood that eats it will get a dose. Whether it is a fatal dose will be determined by health, body mass, etc. An animal that eats a fatal dose will feel very unwell before it dies and normal behaviour is to to crawl away somewhere secluded to recover. Rats, mice etc tend to hide in isolated places, die and the first you know of it is when the body starts to smell. If pets (like your cat) eat animals poisoned by Brodifacoum they might get enough to make them sick as well. The poisoned corpse would have a low dose so your cat would need to eat multiple cadavers to get ill enough to worry you. The poison is cumulative in fat tissue and can build up over time with chronic exposure. If you DO use these type of baits just make sure you are scrupulous tracking down the corpses. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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